International Criminal Justice, Dual Admission Accelerated Program
This dual admission / accelerated program leads to the Bachelor's degree in International Criminal Justice and the Master's degree in International Crime and Justice. The program allows exceptional students to complete both degrees in a five year time period. To be eligible, students must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have completed 70-85 credits. These are minimum requirements and do not guarantee acceptance into the program. Applicants must submit a personal statement, recommendations from three faculty members and a writing sample. Interested students should contact the program coordinators below.
The BA in International Criminal Justice introduces students to the nature and cause of crime at the international level and to the mechanisms for its prevention and control. Components of the criminal justice system as they apply to transnational and international crime are studied, as well as the impact of international law and human rights in addressing crimes against humanity. The BA is intended to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in which the globalization of crime plays an important role.
The MA in International Crime and Justice combines advanced substantive knowledge of international crime challenges and domestic and international responses, with analytic and research techniques in an interdisciplinary framework. It aims to produce graduates with a truly global outlook on criminal justice, a moral commitment to international justice, and professional competence in the increasingly multicultural workforce.
Learning Outcomes. Students will:
- Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge to explain the causes and consequences of international crime
- Analyze and assess the workings of institutions, mechanisms and processes of international criminal justice, as well as related developments in law and policy worldwide.
- Critically analyze and apply research techniques in international crime and justice to the planning and execution of research projects.
- Develop the necessary multicultural communication skills to advance their arguments effectively in academic and professional settings in the United States and abroad.
Credits Required.
| International Criminal Justice, BA Courses |
30-39
|
| General Education |
42 |
| Undergraduate Electives |
17-26 |
| International Crime & Justice MA |
36 |
Total Credits Required for the Dual Admission
Accelerated Program (BA/MA Degree) |
134 |
Undergraduate Coordinator. Professor Mangai Natarajan, Department of Criminal Justice (212.237.8673, mnatarajan@jjay.cuny.edu)
Graduate Program Director. Professor Gohar Petrossian, Department of Criminal Justice (212-393-6409, gpetrossian@jjay.cuny.edu)
Undergraduate Foreign Language Requirement. Students who have expertise in other languages besides those available at John Jay College can explore taking the NYU Foreign Language Proficiency Exam or CLEP tests to demonstrate their language proficiency. Native speakers of a foreign language should see the Undergraduate Major Coordinator. Students can also demonstrate their proficiency in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish by taking a placement exam in the college's Modern Languages Center.
Additional information. Students must have a 3.5 overall GPA each semester to remain in this dual admission accelerated program. Students pay undergraduate tuition rates up to their 120 credit mark. Subsequent coursework will be paid at the graduate tuition rate. Students no longer eligible for this program or who wish to no longer be part of it, must complete the entire undergraduate major in order to earn the Bachelor's degree in International Criminal Justice.
Foundational Courses
Required
| ECO 101 | Introduction to Economics and Global Capitalism | 3 |
| or | |
| ECO 120 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
| or | |
| ECO 125 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 |
| POL 101 | American Government & Politics | 3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Mathematics
May be required depending on math placement
| MAT 108 | Social Science Math | 3 |
| or | |
| MAT 141 | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
Students who have taken higher level math, should see the Major Coordinator
Foreign Language
May be required depending on language placement
| FLN 102 Beginning Level II Foreign Language | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
Advisor recommendation: POL 101 fulfills the Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in its Diversity area and SOC 101 fulfills the Flexible Core: Individual and Society area of the Gen Ed program. Depending on foreign language placement, students may have to take the 101-102 course sequence as prerequisites for the 200-level language requirement. For students that begin at John Jay as lower freshmen, the 101 (or 111) language course satisfies the Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues category and the 102 (or 112) language course satisfies the College Option: Communications category of the Gen Ed program. MAT 108 or MAT 141 also fulfill the Required Core: Math and Quantitative Reasoning area depending on students’ placement scores.
Required BA Courses
Intermediate Language Skills
| One 200-level foreign language course in any language other than English | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
Students who have prior knowledge of a foreign language can take a placement exam in the Modern Language Center, (212-484-1140, languagelab@jjay.cuny.edu) to place out of this language requirement. Placement tests are available in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Please note: The FLN 201 courses are typically offered in the Fall semesters
Please note: SPA 207, SPA 308 and SPA 335 do NOT fulfill this language requirement. They are taught in English.
| ICJ 101 | Introduction to International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| POL 259/LAW 259 | Comparative Criminal Justice Systems | 3 |
| STA 250 | Principles and Methods of Statistics | 3 |
| ICJ 310 | Foundations of Scholarship in International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| ICJ 401 | Capstone Seminar in International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Total Credit Hours: 15-18
Foundation Courses
Select one
Total Credit Hours: 3
Specialized Areas Electives
Students select two courses from the Specialized Areas of the ICJ BA major. Students must select one course from Category A and one course from Category B.
Category A. Global Perspectives on Crime
Select one
| COR 303 | Comparative Correction Systems | 3 |
| ECO 260 | Environmental Economics, Regulation and Policy | 3 |
| ECO 327 | The Political Economy of Gender | 3 |
| ECO 333 | Sustainability: Preserving the Earth as Human Habitat | 3 |
| EJS 240 | Environmental Crime | 3 |
| EJS 300 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| HIS 352 | History & Justice in Wider World | 3 |
| HIS 383 | History of Terrorism | 3 |
| ICJ 380 | Selected Topics in International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| POL 210 | Comparative Urban Political Systems | 3 |
| POL 246 | Politics of Global Inequality | 3 |
| POL 320 | International Human Rights | 3 |
| POL 325 | The Politics of Transnational Crime | 3 |
| POL 328 | Politics of International Security | 3 |
| POL 362 | Terrorism and International Relations | 3 |
| PSC 309 | Comparative Police Systems | 3 |
| PSC 415 | Seminar on Terrorism | 3 |
| SOC 251 | Sociology of Human Rights | 3 |
| SOC 275 | Political Imprisonment | 3 |
| POL 322 | International Organizations | 3 |
| SOC 333 | Gender Issues in International Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SOC 335 | Migration and Crime | 3 |
| SUS 240 | Environmental Crime | |
| SUS 300 | Environmental Justice | |
Category B. Area/Regional Studies
Select one
| AFR 210 | Drugs and Crime in Africa | 3 |
| AFR 220 | Law and Justice in Africa | 3 |
| AFR 229 | Restoring Justice: Making Peace and Resolving Conflict | 3 |
| AFR 320 | Perspectives on Justice in the Africana World | 3 |
| HIS 325 | Criminal Justice in European Society, 1750 to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 359 | History of Islamic Law | 3 |
| HIS 380 | The Secret Police in Western Society | 3 |
| LLS 220 | Human Rights and Law in Latin America | 3 |
| LLS 232/AFR 232 | Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean | 3 |
| LLS 242/POL 242/HIS 242 | U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America | 3 |
| LLS 250 | Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America | 3 |
| LLS 356 | Terror and Transitional Justice in Latin America | 3 |
| LLS 401 | Seminar in Latina/o Issues: Gender, Race, Ethnicity and the Legal System | 3 |
| POL 331 | Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa | 3 |
| PSC 250 | Criminal Justice in Eastern Europe | 3 |
| SOC 351 | Crime and Delinquency in Asia | 3 |
| SOC 354 | Gangs and Transnationalism | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 6
Undergraduate Electives
Students must complete 17-26 credits of electives to fulfill the undergraduate portion of the degree program. Students have free choice of electives for the additional credits. Students may opt to complete a minor with their elective credits.
Total Credit Hours: 17-26
International Crime and Justice MA Requirements
Students must choose from among the thesis track, internship track, and comprehensive evaluation track. The thesis track is available to students who maintain a 3.5 GPA and have received a grade of A- or better in ICJ 715.
Required MA Courses
| ICJ 700 | International Crime and Justice Theory | 3 |
| ICJ 701 | Illegal Markets and Economic Justice | 3 |
| ICJ 702 | Comparative CRJ Systems | 3 |
| ICJ 703 | International Criminal Law | 3 |
| ICJ 704 | Crime, Justice, and Cultural Struggles | 3 |
| ICJ 706 | Transnational Crime | 3 |
| ICJ 715 | Applied Research Methods in International Crime and Justice | 3 |
| ICJ 770 | Capstone Course in International Crime and Justice | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
MA Electives
Electives may be selected from the themed lists below or from any of the graduate courses offered at John Jay and CUNY, subject to the approval of the graduate program director. The groupings below do not imply tracts or specializations, but rather themes that are recurrent in the study of International Crime and Justice. Students may use their 12 elective credits to complete courses toward the Advanced Certificate in Transnational Organized Crime Studies or Terrorism Studies, or students can take a combination of different electives chosen from the list of approved electives below.
Students who have completed 15 credits and have a GPA of 3.5 or above are eligible to take the following electives: Internship (6 credits) and Thesis I/Thesis II (6 credits). The thesis elective is taken over a two semester sequence as ICJ 791 and ICJ 792. The internship course (ICJ 780) is an online course that is accompanied by a mandatory 280 hours in an internship site. Placements in internship sites are arranged at the initiative of the student in consultation with the Center for Career and Professional Development and the program director. Students interested in the internship elective should start their search for an internship site at least one semester in advance. Students are encouraged to pursue one or more internships during their graduate studies, even if they are not taking the internship elective course, potentially as an Independent Study (3 credits).
| ICJ 780 | Internship Course | 6 |
| ICJ 791 | International Crime and Justice Thesis I | 3 |
| ICJ 792 | International Crime and Justice Thesis II | 3 |
International Criminology
International Law Enforcement and Crime Control
| CRJ 739 | Crime Mapping | 3 |
| CRJ 759 | Comparative Police Administration | 3 |
| CRJ 797 | Homeland Security and International Relations | 3 |
| CRJ 798 | Homeland Security and Terrorism | 3 |
| PAD 718 | International Public Policy and Administration | 3 |
| PAD 746 | Comparative Public Administration | 3 |
| PAD 772 | International Inspection and Oversight | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 134